“During the last year, we’ve added 10 daily trips to the Staten Island Ferry schedule and we’ve been certified as the first ferry operator in the United States to voluntarily comply with internationally accepted safety standards,” she said. “To keep up with the extra staffing demands and safety training, we’ve had to pay a lot of overtime which we’re taking steps to reduce by hiring additional personnel.”

Some workers climbed the OT list by collecting lump-sum payments under union contracts. Officials said that accounted for $40,000 of the $92,438 in OT that went to engineer Robert Carney of the Department of Citywide Administrative Services and $42,000 of the $81,878 pocketed by supervisor dock builder Todd Olsen.

No. 1 in the Fire Department’s OT ranks was Capt. Anthony Catalanotto of Engine 74, who added $90,117 to his base pay to reach the $183,293 mark.